IDENTIFICATION

 IDENTIFICATION

    Parents and police

identify children

and culprits

guilty by location

by skin color

by ethnic background

by religion

by age

by profession

by education

and definitely

by selfish self

people identify

themselves

by birth

by wealth

by mistakes

by ignorance

by psychosis

by greed

by envy

by anasognosia

and places seen and not seen

thoughts thought 

and ignored

feelings felt

and dismissed

And

unhappiness

and

regret

and parsimony

and

desire

to be someone else 

anyone else

but not a child

or a culprit

or

a self

any self

Ahmet C. Celebiler

11 december, 2023